The current way of distinguishing between bots and humans is inefficient and problematic.
Tech companies partnering with the government to implement state-issued identification is the default solution, but it has drawbacks.
There is optimism that crypto can play a significant role in creating a decentralized and stateless identity.
For a stateless identity to work, it should be decentralized, permissionless, private, and uncentrable.
Crypto has the potential to fulfill these requirements for a stateless identity.
No one else, including Silicon Valley and tech companies, is actively working on building a stateless identity system.
Separation of money and state was the first step for crypto, and separation of identity and state is the next crucial step.
Both the ability to separate money and state and identity and state are essential in navigating potential dystopian authoritarian scenarios in the 21st century.